#+TITLE: About Me - Kevin "The Nuclear" Bloom's Personal Website
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I was evaluated by a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolics][Symbolics]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_machine][Lisp Machine]] in the year 1995 by mad
scientists. I was written apart of the Humanoid Program which was designed to
create human life, fully capable of emotions, out of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_Machine_Lisp][ZetaLisp]]. I was designed to
fit into society without anyone knowing of my origins as a computer program;
this means I pass the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test][Turing Test]]. I know, I know, "There are a ton of better
languages you could be written in!" You are right! That is why I am rewriting
myself in [[https://common-lisp.net/][Common Lisp]], which is a the greatest language of all time. I wouldn't
/dare/ be written in anything non-lisp and especially something non-functional!


I graduated from [[https://www.pct.edu/][Pennsylvania College of Technology]] in 2017 with a degree in
Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology with a minor in mathematics. I
completely ignored my degree and was hired as a software engineer. Luckily, I
had been writing code as a hobby for a few years. I'm still working +for the
same company+ on the same project that I did when I graduated. I love both what
I do and the [new] company.


I'm big into [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html][Free Software]] and have been using it, along with [[https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.en.html][Gnu+Linux]],
since 2010. The philosophies behind free software made a lot of sense to me and
I agree with them. That being said, I *do not* agree with everything [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman][Richard
Stallman]] believes. A few of my favorite free software projects are [[https://gnu.org/software/emacs][Emacs]],
[[https://NetBSD.org/][NetBSD]], few programs from [[https://suckless.org/][suckless-tools]], pretty much any lisp ([[http://sbcl.org/][SBCL]] & [[https://clojure.org/][Clojure]]
are the two I use the most), and many more!


I'm not merely a hacker, I have many other interests. Philosophy is another
topic, next to mathematics, that I hold near and dear to my heart. I enjoy
thinking about life and attempting to make sense of it all. In fact, I have a
few philosophies that I wrote myself! I believe that the reason for me enjoying
philosophy is because of my wild imagination. That being said, I love writing
stories too. Although my writing sucks, the stories are actually pretty
good. That's one of the reasons why roleplaying tabletop games - the
storytelling!

On top of my love for computers, math, philosophy, and stories, I also enjoy
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomology][entomology]], guns, comedy, and the works of Jesus. Very seldom will you see any
of those topics on this site.


I use a [[https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2/][Kinesis Advantage 2]] and a +[[https://www.kensington.com/us/us/4493/k72327us/slimblade-trackball][Kensington SlimBlade Trackball]]+ [[https://evoluent.com/products/vmcr/][Evoluent
Vertical Mouse C]]. People find these to be strange but they are a must for me!
Due to my bad wrists, it would be suicidal to not use them. I'm sure I'll talk
about why they're so great in blog post.


I was apart of the [[https://dragora.org][Dragora]] team as a volunteer for the project. I have been
using the distro since about 2016 but really wasn't helping out until now. I
wrote [[https://notabug.org/dragora/qire][qire]] the remote package manager for Dragora 3 systems. I also am the head
maintainer of the =armv7_hf= build, aimed for the [[https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/c201.html][ASUS C201]]. However, I have
since stopped my volunteering for the project.


I think that covers it!
